Catcher In the Rye author passed away

[grandphoenix1]

Catcher in the Rye author, J.D. Salinger passed away yesterday at the age of 91.

http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,...topstories

[UnknownH]

That is awful. I don't know if I read the book but they say it is good.

[Wisemon]

The book and author are overrated, and the guy was a pretty big jerk in his personal life.

[UnknownH]

But aren't all great authors sometimes?

[AetherRose]

I rather enjoy this news. I agree with Wisemon, the guy's overrated, as is his book. To be quite frank, it attempted a very deep story, heart wrenching story, then mixed in enough symbolism to make your head spin, and it failed at all of that. :)

[Guilmon and a shotgun]

To be quite frank, it attempted a very deep story, heart wrenching story, then mixed in enough symbolism to make your head spin, and it failed at all of that. :)

Sounds just like some of Shakespeare's work then...

[grandphoenix1]

It was a real good story. The main character--Holden Caulfield--was a real badass just like James Deam was in Rebel Without A Cause.

[AetherRose]

To be quite frank, it attempted a very deep story, heart wrenching story, then mixed in enough symbolism to make your head spin, and it failed at all of that. :)

Sounds just like some of Shakespeare's work then...

Except back then, Shakespeare was pretty revolutionary. Nowadays, it's just a conglomerate of generic stereotypes for a decent book.

[Guilmon and a shotgun]

Except back then, Shakespeare was pretty revolutionary. Nowadays, it's just a conglomerate of generic stereotypes for a decent book.

Yeah but he shouldn't get so much press in comparison to other great authors. Charles Dickens was one of the first well known authors to write about Child Labour in such a way that it made people feel sorry for the poor kids, writing many revolutionary novels himself such as Great Expectations and Oliver.

Shakespeare just wrote alot of plays, many of which are uninteresting and lame. Macbeth was a rubbish story, the main character was a thick-headed blunt tool who's only goal in life was wealth and power and i whilst i understand the theatrical nessesity of character speech, i highly doubt that noone would've overheard the plotting, let alone the fact that the security around the king was about as tight as wrapping a gold bar in jelly.

I'll digress because this is off topic, but i really don't think shakespeare deserves so much credit. Some good work, pretty awesome stuff too but overrated.